Dubai-Based Strategic Supply Chain Planner

Knauf GCC; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Knauf GCC in Dubai, UAE is seeking a Supply Chain Planner to manage end-to-end planning across demand, production, and materials. You will balance capacity, inventory, and service levels to optimize costs and performance.

The role collaborates with Sales, Marketing and Procurement, leads the S&OP process, and maintains master production schedules for gypsum boards and related products. Requires 3–5 years in planning and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or Engineering.
• 3-5 years’ experience in demand planning, supply planning and production planning (preferably in building materials, or FMCG).
• Strong understanding of forecasting techniques and demand planning processes.
• Strong understanding of MRP, Capacity planning and S&OP processes.
• Experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP and Blue Yonder), and tools (Excel, Power BI/Tableau)
• Influencing and stakeholder management skills (Sales and commercial teams).
• Strong communication, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain rolling forecasts (typically 3-18 months horizon).
• Adjust forecasts based on market intelligence; discounts and large project pipelines.
• Translate market insights into actionable adjustments and provide early visibility.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Key Account teams, as well as marketing.
• Lead the Demand Review cycle within the S&OP process.
• Consolidate and present demand assumptions, risks, and opportunities.
• Track forecast accuracy (MAPE, WMAPE) and Bias at SKU and aggregate levels.
• Support inventory optimization by improving forecast reliability.
• Perform root cause analysis for forecast errors.
• Maintain forecast data in Blue Yonder System.
• Leverage analytical tools (Excel/Power BI/Tableau) for reporting and insights.
• Translate demand plans into feasible production and material plans.
• Lead supply review meetings, as part of the monthly S&OP process.
• Create and maintain master production schedules (MPS) and line scheduling for gypsum boards, Ready Mix, and Profile plants.
• Monitor plant capacity utilization and efficiency.
• Ensure availability of key materials through collaboration with procurement team.
• Set and manage safety stock levels for finished goods and critical raw materials.
• Own and Track planning KPIs: service level (OTIF), Capacity utilization, inventory days, forecast accuracy (MAPE, WMAPE) and Bias.
• Maintain planning parameters in SAP ERP/MRP system, while ensuring data accuracy (lead times, BOMs, production rates, safety stock).

Skills

Demand planning

Supply planning

Production planning

Forecasting techniques

MRP

S&OP processes

ERP systems

SAP

Blue Yonder

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Economics, or Engineering

Tools

SAP

Blue Yonder

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Knauf GCC in Dubai, UAE is seeking a Supply Chain Planner to manage end-to-end planning across demand, production, and materials. You will balance capacity, inventory, and service levels to optimize costs and performance.

The role collaborates with Sales, Marketing and Procurement, leads the S&OP process, and maintains master production schedules for gypsum boards and related products. Requires 3–5 years in planning and strong analytical skills.